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  • U.S. Hostage in Iraq Appeals for Life on Video-TV

    04/13/2005 7:58:09 AM PDT · by Sax · 38 replies · 1,293+ views
    Reuters ^ | 4/13/05 | Reuters
    U.S. Hostage in Iraq Appeals for Life on Video-TV 15 minutes ago Top Stories - Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - An American contractor taken hostage in Iraq has urged the U.S. government to negotiate with his captors to save his life, according to a video broadcast by Al Jazeera television on Wednesday. Latest headlines: · U.S. Hostage in Iraq Appeals for Life on Video-TV Reuters - 13 minutes ago · US hostage urges Washington to quit Iraq: Al-Jazeera AFP - 21 minutes ago · Iraq Violence Flares as U.S.'s Zoellick Visits Reuters - 30 minutes ago Special Coverage The video showed...
  • Al-Jazeera Claims American [hostage] Is on Video

    04/13/2005 7:16:18 AM PDT · by Wiz · 35 replies · 930+ views
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Jazeera television broadcast a video Wednesday that it said showed an American who had been kidnapped two days before. The U.S. Embassy said the man on the video appeared to be the same American contract worker abducted earlier this week from the Baghdad area. Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan said the man's name was Jeffrey Ake, but gave no further details. The tape showed a man sitting behind a wooden desk as three men pointed their guns toward him. He was holding what looked like a passport and a photo identification. The station didn't broadcast the tape's audio,...
  • American contractor kidnapped in Iraq

    04/11/2005 12:01:33 PM PDT · by el_doctor2 · 61 replies · 4,497+ views
    CNN ^ | April 11, 2005
    <p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. citizen working for a contracting company was kidnapped at a construction site Monday in Baghdad, a U.S. Embassy official said. The embassy would not reveal the name of the American or the name of the company. The contractor's next of kin has been notified.</p>